News Archives: September 2014

September 29, 2014

AMES, Iowa – Sept. 29, 2014 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold open-house public input meetings in three Iowa communities this week to discuss and gather input regarding the Iowa Park and Ride System Plan. The plan is being developed by the Iowa DOT to identify ideal locations for park and ride facilities to serve commuters in the state. The input meetings will be held at the following locations and times. Sept. 30 in Sioux City: 4:30 to...

September 16, 2014

AMES, Iowa –Sept. 16, 2014 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is providing public notice of the renewal of corridor preservation for the Council Bluffs Interstate System Improvements Project that includes Interstate 80 from the Missouri River east-northeast to U.S. 6 (Kanesville Boulevard) in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County. It also includes I-29 between 25th Avenue on the north to just south of U.S. 275, and I-480 from the Missouri River bridge on the Iowa side to the I-29 interchange. The...

September 15, 2014

CRESTON, Iowa – Sept. 15, 2014 – Repair work to patch faulting in the roadway and stop an increased instability to the ditches along U.S. 169 between De Soto and Winterset requires an emergency closure of the roadway and detouring traffic, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Creston construction office. Traffic impact Traffic wanting to go south from De Soto to Winterset is being detoured east on Interstate 80 (exit 110), south on I-35, and then west on Iowa...